foreigners - cheap I disagree, foreigners are not all cheap labourers and there is a shortage of skills in work. Many foreigners seem willing to work very hard, that is why they are wanted by employers.  I do not see them treating it as a holiday like many of the British semi retirees who've gone off to Spain to live.  All ...

I just wanted to add that both me and my husband had job troubles in the late 80's, combined with a mortgage that was going up and up due to the high interest rates of that time.  I was unemployed and was being harrassed for poll tax even though I had no income.  It has taken 20 years of borrowing from Peter to pay ...

2 family holidays over 10 years is not living the high life; a week in Brittanny costing about £600 in 2003 and a ''cheap'' caravan from a friend in Cornwall for £200 for a week in 2005 and no prospect of anything else as yet.  Last holiday was 3 years ago and the kids are growing up.    Bringing up kids to be resourceful and ...

Unemployment is obviously very hard financially and debt means paying for everything 10 times over.  However it's easy to look around and see someone who seems to be getting more.  Children are a financial burden and tax credits, although not a fair distribution, do attempt to put the money where it is needed.  Before you say people ...

It's easy to look around and see someone who seems to be getting more.  Children are a financial burden and tax credits, although not a fair distribution, do attempt to put the money where it is needed.  Before you say people choose to have children, I agree, but nobody can seriously predict the true cost of bringing up children and what ...

This is possibly a much more serious problem than people realise.  Yet I haven't heard much about it.  It is making rural life a playground for the better off, isolating the poorer, younger and working people.  The main thing is it has a knock on price increase for all goods.  Everything has to be delivered. I wondered ...

No, it is not a myth.  I wish news would be more focussed and give us more objective facts.  Emotional issues are highlighted, but other more boring issues are not given any attention.  I don't feel I really know what England's ''wealth'' is based on any more.  I feel it might be on sand....  Somebody said wealth comes ...